Accident to the helicopter AS350 registered N194EH occured on 05/05/16 near Juneau [investigation led by NTSB, USA]

Données préliminaires issues de la notification des autorités des Etats-Unis d'Amérique :

The helicopter impacted terrain under unknown circumstances.

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General information
Local date	05/05/2016
Responsible entity	United States - NTSB
State or area of occurrence	United States
Location	Près de Juneau
Human consequences	Serious
Number of serious injuries	1
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2016-0248

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter
Operator	United States - Era Helicopters, Inc. (Anchorage, Ak)
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	N194EH
State of registry	United States
Last departure point	Alaska (U.S.) (Unknown)
Planned destination	Alaska (U.S.) (Norris Glacier)
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	2608
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Non-Commercial Operations - Other

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.